Troops follow footprints, arrest 5 suspects in killings

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Nov 5, 2013 at 12:01 AMNov 5, 2013 at 11:46 AM

BAMAKO, MALI - French troops who found the bodies of two slain French radio journalists in northern Mali followed footprints in the sand near the corpses to hunt their abductors, part of a search that eventually led to five arrests yesterday, a Mali military official said.

BAMAKO, MALI —French troops who found the bodies of two slain French radio journalists in northern Mali followed footprints in the sand near the corpses to hunt their abductors, part of a search that eventually led to five arrests yesterday, a Mali military official said.

The official added that the kidnappers’ vehicle had broken down, possibly prompting their decision to kill the captives.

The slayings of Ghislaine Dupont, 57, a senior correspondent, and Claude Verlon, 55, a production technician, stunned France.

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